Thursday, May 9, 2013

Today, 35-year-old Jodi Arias was found guilty of first-degree
murder in the brutal killing of ex-boyfriend, Travis Alexander, 32. He
was found dead on June 4, 2008 with vicious injuries that consisted of
a bullet wound to the head, deeply slit throat and multiple stab wounds
to the back. Arias literally and figuratively stabbed this man in the
back.

The crime scene photos are horrible and the Judiciary Report does
not recommend readers look at them. Alexander’s body was in such bad
shape when authorities found it, due to the severity of his injuries,
the way he was left for dead, naked in a bathtub and the fact he’d
begun to decompose. He was someone’s child and to see anyone in that
state is heartbreaking. Arias deserves life in prison.
Alexander died a horrible death that no one deserves, especially at
the hands of someone who had claimed she cared for him. Arias’
defense was mainly self-defense, but his injuries tell another story.

Stabbing someone in the back is a tough sell as self-defense.
Furthermore, the bullet to the head, slit throat and existence of far
too many stab wounds and defense wounds on his hands, do not constitute
self-defense, firmly drifting into the territory of cold-blooded
murder.

Arias stated Alexander was a pedophile, but her defense team has
been unable to prove this claim over the past 5-years, with many
stating it was put forth for sympathy. Alexander is also being denied
dignity in death as fully nude crime scene photos are on the internet,
as well as graphic photos of his wounds. It’s just not right. No one
deserves that.

Travis Alexander and Jodi Arias

It was discovered Arias had become obsessed with Alexander, who had
dumped her. Arias began stalking him, slashing his tires, hacking into
his Facebook account and accessing his voice messages. It is a
well-established psychiatric rule that stalkers are capable of murder.
This was a regrettable progression for Arias. During the trial,
psychologists declared her mentally ill.

At the heart of the story is the claim Alexander was a Mormon, who
wanted to abstain from sex, in adherence with his religion. He began
dating promiscuous Arias who wanted full on sex before marriage,
something he was not comfortable with. Instead they resorted to an
alternative – anal sex.

Now, what people do in their bedrooms is their own business, so no
one take the following the wrong way. For argument’s sake, if one is
having anal sex, does that not also constitute the Bible definition of
being "one flesh" with someone. Just because someone has not
penetrated one in the traditional manner (vaginally) doesn’t meant
using a backdoor entry is somehow not sex.

On the day he died, it is believed he and Arias engaged in some form
of sexual activity, as a camera revealed nude photos of Alexander,
taken by Arias. As the pictures progressed, photos began to appear of
Alexander "profusely bleeding." The photos had been deleted
by Arias, but authorities were able to retrieve the images. Maybe he
had dumped her again after they had anal sex, which sent her into a
rage.